Andrew J. Lederer

-- or someone from the company he works for has clicked through to this blog via my website twice today.

i wonder what that means.

is he a non-disclosure bug who will write me off as far as the job because of the possibility state secrets will be revealed by me here?

i think i've been impressively vague about the whole thing. i haven't named the company, the guy, the site . . .

maybe he was impressed by that.

so, that's it then. i'll either get the job or not get the job based entirely the fact that i've written about it on this site. either way, i can blame it on the blog.

why do you think he checked the blog twice? was it 'cause he wanted to see the next thing i said about him/the gig?

i guess i've kinda made him a star in the context of this saga -- "the star with no name". where else can he go where's he's the center of an ongoing storyline being actively followed by followed by several?

so, wait a minute -- this guy is gonna get his 15 minutes of fame on my blog and i might not even get the job?!

that doesn't seem fair.

mister, if you're reading this, then you've got to give me the job. now, you owe it to me after all i've given you.

this has not been my story alone; the quest for solvency and creative satisfaction of one poor boy adrift in the lonely city. no, this has been your story as well -- the elusive power-broker who holds said boy's fate in his questionable hands.

we're in this together. we can't split up now.

(so, gimme the job.)


earlier chapters in this riveting saga